WHO ARE WE?

• We are a Uk registered charity, founded August 1993, committed to providing, or supporting the provision, of palliative care to cancer and HIV/AIDS patients in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Hospice Africa is based on Merseyside, but draws its supporters from all over the Uk and indeed world-wide. It operates principally as a fund-raising organsisation, but also provides advice and support to its partners in sub-Saharan Africa
• Hospice Africa Uganda, our principal partner, is a model, which demonstrates that palliative care is both affordable and appropriate in resource-poor settings in Africa.
• The work of our charity is carried out entirely by a dedicated team of volunteers and nobody receives a salary. Our aim is to ensure that administrative costs are kept to a minimum and to ensure that as much money as possible reaches those who need it in Africa.
• We have eight trustees who are responsible for ensuring that Hospice Africa is run according to the requirements of the Charity Commission and that the money raised is appropriately used.

HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THIS?
Raising funds for work which takes place thousands of miles away is certainly a challenge and it is becoming increasingly difficult. We are always happy to talk about our work and have given presentations to a wide variety of groups over the past 13 years. Two of our main sources of funding are our charity shops in Old Swan, Liverpool and in Ainsdale, Southport. Both are run by volunteers. The presence of the shops also raises awareness in the local communities. We also have a number of faithful supporters who help in a variety of ways, through regular donations & fund raising activities.

WHAT HAVE WE ACHIEVED OVER THE PAST 14 YEARS?
We have raised a total of well over one million pounds.This funding has been used to support the work of Hospice Africa Uganda and more recently we are providing funding for five other projects; three in Malawi, one in Nigeria and one in Cameroon. We have also given one-off grants to Island Hospice Zimbabwe and the African Palliative Care Association.